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Hong Kong CNN  —  Temperature records tumbled across Southeast Asia over the weekend as the region swelters under a weekslong heat wave that has brought misery to millions. All-time highs were recorded in Vietnam, Laos and Thailand’s capital, where the heat has been compounded by an intense smoggy season that…

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Already have Rappler+? to listen to groundbreaking journalism. CROWNED. Nguyen Thanh Ha of Vietnam wins Miss Eco International 2023. Miss Eco International's Facebook Philippines' Ashley Subijano Montenegro finishes in the pageant's Top 21 MANILA, Philippines – Nguyen Thanh Ha of Vietnam was crowned Miss Eco International 2023 at the pageant’s…

Foggy Bottom also noted 20 vessels associated with the companies in Vietnam, China, Iran and the United Arab Emirates. (March 3, 2023 / JNS) The U.S. government will sanction a number of companies that facilitate Iran’s petroleum trade, announced the U.S. State Department on Thursday. Foggy Bottom also designated six…

Biden awards Medal of Honor to Vietnam War veteran Vietnam War veteran who broke barriers awarded Medal of Honor 02:08 Washington — President Biden awarded the Medal of Honor to Paris Davis, a retired U.S. Army colonel and one of the first Black officers in the Green Berets, for heroism during…

Daniel Ellsberg, the former US government analyst who leaked the Pentagon Papers – which detailed secrets about American policy during the Vietnam war – and became one of the world’s most famous whistleblowers, has terminal cancer and expects to die within months, he has announced on Twitter. Ellsberg, 91, tweeted…

The presidency is largely ceremonial but is among four top positions in Vietnam, where the Communist Party holds power. Published On 2 Mar 20232 Mar 2023 Vietnam’s National Assembly has confirmed Vo Van Thuong as the country’s new president, in a reshuffle of the country’s top leadership amid a sweeping…

Cruel practice outlawed under 1992 law but demand persists published : 1 Mar 2023 at 21:17 A captive moon bear is seen inside a metal cage at a farm that was targeted during rescue operation 2015 in Quang Yen district of Quang Ninh in northeastern Vietnam. (AFP File Photo) HANOI:…

HANOI (Reuters) - Vietnam's Communist Party has nominated Vo Van Thuong as the country's new president, two party sources said on Wednesday, following the sudden forced resignation in January of his predecessor as part of a sweeping anti-corruption campaign. Thuong, 52, is the youngest member of the party's Politburo, the…

Updated 1 month ago · Published on 28 Feb 2023 11:00PM · Vo Van Thuong, 52, is expected to be named Vietnam’s new president at an extraordinary meeting of the country’s national assembly on Thursday. – AFP pic, February 28, 2023. VIETNAM will name a new president later this week,…